Washbasin.



W. G. HpsocK.

WASHBASIN. K APPLIDTN FILED JAN. 9, l1903.

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WASHBASIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,873, dated November 10, 1903.

Application tiledlannary 9, 1903. Serial No. 138,418. (No model.)

To a/Z whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY G. HosHooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washbasins, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to washbasins, but more particularly to a valve or stopper therefor which can be mechanically operated to permit the contents of the basin to escape, but which under normal conditions will prevent the escape of the contents.

One of 'the principal objects of the invention is to provide a cheap, durable, and efticient device of the character described and provide a more eective construction thanl tion; and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a Washstand supported in suitable standards 2 and having a central opening 3. A depending flange 4 projects from the lower edge of the table of the stand and conforms to the contour thereof. The concave-convex basin or bowl 5 is preferably of the form commonly used in this class of devices, and at the lower extremity thereof is an outlet-opening 6, in which is threaded a tube 7, having external threads thereon which are engaged bythe internal threads of a waste-pipe 8the diameter of the bore of which is larger than the diameter vof the tube 7,'whereby a shoulder 9 is formed which constitutes a valve-seat for the stopper, to be referred to hereinafter.

Atubular guide 10 is connected to the bowl and Waste-pipe and is provided with a vertical slot 11, alining with a slot or opening 11 in the Waste-pipe. This guide 10 is designed for the purpose of obviating or diminishing any liability of a horizontal movement of the pivoted valve-lever 12. This lever 12 eritends through the slots 1l and 12 and is pivotally secured to the guide 10 by a pivot-pin 13. One end ofthe lever is formed with a circular head 14, which constitutes a valve, the upper surface of which can be covered by a packing of any suitable material, which will norm ally rest against the shoulder formed by connecting the waste-pipe 8 with the tube 7. The other end of the lever projects through a vertical slot 15, arranged in the dange tof the stand and alining with the slots lland 11a. The valve will normally be retained in a seated position to close the opening 6 by a coil-'spring 16, one end of which bears against the bottom of the bowl 5 and the other end against the valve-rod 12 in rearof the fulcrum on the side of or at a point opposite to the end on which the valve is formed. The free end of the lever is prevented from being depressed below a horizontal plane by a stop 17, forming the bottom of the tubularguide 10.

The reference-nu :neral 18 designates a casing horizontally secured on the flange 4 and carrying a spring-pressed bolt 19, on the free end of which is a head 20, designed to be projected over the edge of the lever 12 When the free end of the lever is raised in the position shown -in Ydotted lines in Fig. 2 to unseat thevalve. By providing this head 20011 the boit theliability of the bolt being retracted accidentally will be obviated, and thus the raised position of the handle Will be insured until it is desired to reseat the valve.

An operating-handle 21 projects from the bolt and extends through a horizontal slot 22' in the flange, so that the bolt can be retracted out of engagement with the lever 12 when it is desired to permit thevalve to be rescated. As before'explained, the normal position of the valve isshown in full linesin Fig. 2, and when in this position the contents of the bowl cannot be removed through the lopening 6. As soon as the handle 23 is raised,

however, so that the valve will .be depressed the contents will be free to pass into the waste-pipe by gravity, and it will be apparont that the valve can remain unseated by permitting the bowl to pass under the lever 12; but as soon as the bolt is withdrawn the spring 16 will again seat the valve. 1t will be apparent that minor changes in details of construction can be made without departing from the spirit of this invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes and alterations as may suggest themselves from time to time and which may be included Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a Washbas'in and a stand therefor', of a discharge-pipe having a diameter materially greater than the outlet of the basin and exposing the lower end of said outlet, a tubular guide connected to the bowl and engaging the said discharge-pipe, the lower end of the guide being in the form of a stop and said guide having in its outer side a vertical slot and the discharge-pipe in alinement With said slot provided with an opening therethrough in a plane slightly loeloW the lower end of the outlet, a lever movably extending through the slot in the guide and discharge pipe and having fulcrum means connected to the guide and its inner end within the disehargepipe formed With a circular head to engage the lower end 0f the outlet, a spring located Within the guide and bearing at its opposite terminals respectively on the lever and bowl, and means for locking the lever in elevated position and holding the head thereoi` clear of the outlet of the basin.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WESLEY G. HOSHOCK. Witnesses:

EDWARD M. HUBBARD, TELLIS T. SHAW. 

